Icon134 0 #26 June 5, 2006 QuoteThe story sucks....trying to re-write the book now!!!isn't that kind of what life is... editing, revising, changing the characters, the setting... etc... writing the book...Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tbrown 26 #27 June 5, 2006 At age fifty ? Oh God, you have no idea.... Hey, WTF is up at Aerodyne anyway ? Skydiving Magazine had a pretty informative article about it, anything you care to/are able to add ?? Are you guys actually building anything these days ? Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dgskydive 0 #28 June 5, 2006 Quoteisn't that kind of what life is... editing, revising, changing the characters, the setting... etc... writing the book... I agree..., but there are certain things that if it is to late to revise...well that is not gonna be good.Dom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dgskydive 0 #29 June 5, 2006 Quote anything you care to/are able to add ?? Are you guys actually building anything these days ? You would have to talk to an employee of the company about that.Dom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matt1215 0 #30 June 5, 2006 Realise?? Not really. Be so consumed with myself that it appears this way?? Absolutely!! I've allowed myself the bittersweet luxury of this type of futile thinking far too much in my life, and I continue to struggle with this. It's only a waste if I don't learn from it!! Carpe Diem my friend, to do otherwise is unacceptably expensive!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #31 June 5, 2006 So what? You've got two choices now. Dwell on the past or live for the future. Dwelling on the past does you no good. Start making your life what you want it to be. Start being the person you want to be."There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dgskydive 0 #32 June 5, 2006 Honestly, Am only thinking about the past, not really dwelling on it. What the near future holds in store means more to me then I ever thought it could. I just have a fear that my past has cost me so much more the I can put into words. I am really looking to the future, it is the only place I can truely look. I just pray to God that the future I want has not been messed up so bad by my past actions, that it won't happen. I hope that the things I am looking forward to will come true. I need the person I want to be to not "be" to late.Dom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #33 June 5, 2006 Fair enough. I suppose I should caveat my statement by saying if there is stuff from your past that you haven't adequately dealt with, you gotta deal with it so you have the tools you need to change going forward. But I also think people sometimes wait too long to make a "big change" when sometimes they can make a big change by making a lot of small changes and stringing them together. Sometimes you just start acting like the person you want to be ... fake it till you make it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
headoverheels 291 #34 June 5, 2006 Quoterealise that they have wasted most of there life? I spent most of my money on skydiving, booze and women -- the rest I just wasted. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dgskydive 0 #35 June 5, 2006 QuoteI suppose I should caveat my statement by saying if there is stuff from your past that you haven't adequately dealt with, you gotta deal with it so you have the tools you need to change going forward That is a hard one. Trying really hard at some of those issues. Some I know I have "licked"....others are gonna take some time. To much at one time is not a problem. I just handled them wrong and it is costing me. Nothing I can do but try to move forward from that. At least I know I did them for the right reason.Dom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #36 June 5, 2006 Dom, get out of the pity-pool dude Trust me when I say that you haven't wasted any of your life. You are the sum total of your previous experience, everything that has gone before has played a role in developing who you are today, if you have a life to look forward to (i.e. if you're still breathing), then you have not wasted anything. When you are about to take your last breath you may (probably not) be able to look back on your life and gauge it's value (or worth). BTW I'm an athiest so I'm not speaking from a god bothering point of view.You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #37 June 5, 2006 No but I certainly wish some things had gone differently. Seems I have paid a heavy price for some of my decisions. Who knows if the alternatives would have been any better though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StreetScooby 5 #38 June 5, 2006 Hang in their dgskydive. Self reflection is a good thing. This will pass. Take it easy, breathe, and go with the flow.We are all engines of karma Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLFXpert 0 #39 June 5, 2006 You can't change the past, only learn from it. Focus more on what you're doing today and being happy today and tomorrow. Reflecting too long on the "wasted time" will only sadden you and prohibit your happiness TODAY. Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLFXpert 0 #40 June 5, 2006 QuoteBut once you forget about yourself, there is a problem. EXACTLY! Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #41 June 5, 2006 Dom, I don't know anything about your past...all I know is the great guy I've met and respect. Hell for all I know you may have been an axe murderer but I don't see that now...what I see is one helluva good guy that I'm proud of having met.My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLFXpert 0 #42 June 5, 2006 To answer your question for me: Nope I find that if a lesson needs to be learned, I learn it in the immediate aftermath and then don't worry about it again. It's the past. And I'll only be "wasting" the present if I continue to dwell on it. One must learn to find happiness with what they have & where they are right now before one can strive to be anything more. There are a ton of things I'm still striving to accomplish, do, see---but if I die today it is safe to say I'd be satisfied with my life thus far and grateful for the things I've already accomplished, done & saw. Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paige 0 #43 June 5, 2006 Sometimes I feel this way. Then I realize that without what I did in my past I would not be who I am today. I think I've done some pretty cool stuff that I am proud of. I do at times think I could have done things differently but then would I be who I am today? I think I've come out alright and learned a ton in the process. As long as I learn and improve who I am, I'm okay w. the mistakes I made that have shaped me into the person I am today. You should be very proud of the changes you've made. You can only move in the right direction and learn from the past. Sounds like you're doing all of that Keep your head up! Edited to add: Just recently have I been able to think like that and tell myself that. I have Ari to thank as he has helped me in so many ways w. changing how I think and feel about myself. Don't be too hard on yourself Dom, you can only do what feels right at that moment and what that is now, wasn't what it was a while ago. Go w. the flow.Tunnel Pink Mafia Delegate www.TunnelPinkMafia.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #44 June 5, 2006 WooooHoooo! This is better than Dr. Phil!My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maxamillion 0 #45 June 5, 2006 Snorted tequilla. Ummm NO Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sweetness 0 #46 June 6, 2006 QuoteQuotebut did throw away some moments that would have meant the world..... Or cost you things that are so important that you didnt realize how important until it may be to late O yeah ... I'm up that alley for quite some weeks now and it only seems to get worse while sitting at home alone and trying to do some studying I know everybody who's saying to not dwell on the past is absolutely right, but I just can't set my mind to that at the moment. Gosh, I wish I could think positive, but now I'm really feeling this: I wish I could turn back time ! I know that sounds weak ... "Ha ! I laugh at danger and drop ice cubes down the vest of fear ..." (Blackadder) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SEGIRL 0 #47 June 6, 2006 I have not wasted my life; however, I have mis-spent a lot of it. There are definitely things that could have been done better and unfortunately, most of those things I can't get back. I just try to move forward and not make the same mistakes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skybytch 259 #48 June 6, 2006 Nope. I've wasted a lot of money but I don't think I've wasted any of my life. I don't measure my life by what I have but by what I've seen and experienced. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites livendive 8 #49 June 6, 2006 QuoteI have not wasted my life; however, I have mis-spent a lot of it. There are definitely things that could have been done better and unfortunately, most of those things I can't get back. I just try to move forward and not make the same mistakes. What she said. Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 Next Page 2 of 2 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
skybytch 259 #48 June 6, 2006 Nope. I've wasted a lot of money but I don't think I've wasted any of my life. I don't measure my life by what I have but by what I've seen and experienced. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livendive 8 #49 June 6, 2006 QuoteI have not wasted my life; however, I have mis-spent a lot of it. There are definitely things that could have been done better and unfortunately, most of those things I can't get back. I just try to move forward and not make the same mistakes. What she said. Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
